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Formal accounting shows executor fees disbursed but claims they were not.

The formal accounting that was submittted for the benef signature shows disbursements of principal for executor fees. Executor signed a paper stating

Are executor fees based on the gross value of the estate or net (after all other expenses have been paid)?

I need to calculate the executor fee but I don't know if all debts are to be deducted before the calculation or if the fee is based on the gross value

Selling estate home

I am PR and executor of my mother's estate. If the will states "i vest my said executrix and temp. executrix with full power and authority to sell, t

Are verbal changes to Wills or Trusts valid in Oklahoma?

When my Grandfather was on his deathbed, my Grand Uncle claimed he recorded a verbal statement from my Grandfather that he would receive certain prope

Will personal bank account outside of a revocable trust require a separate tax return?

Our bank has forced us to open a checking account in my mothers name so that she can use a debit/credit card. Mother has a revocable trust and a chec

What does the administrator of an estate have the right to do in Pennsylvania?

Does the administrator of an estate in PA get to decide who gets what? In Pennsylvania, when deciding how to divide up the estate, does the person adm

Can a codicil to a will be drawn up, signed in front of a notary and have legal precedence over an existing clause?

My father had a will drawn up several years again. The will states that after his death the house was to be sold and the proceeds divided up among his

My husband has a joint checking account with his mother, who recently passed away. Is that money now his to use?

She did not have much. This, her only account has less then 3K in it. My husband managed her affairs for quite some time before her death, buying thin

What actions should benefeceries take if the executor of a will is removing money from the deceased accounts.

My father in law passed away and has noted in his will that is estate is to be split up among all grandchildren. One of my father in laws daughters w

Deceased stepmother called stepson her son in her obituary. Can her stepson use this to inherit from his stepmother's estate?

She also told her financial advisor that her stepson was to be given a share of her estate equal to the ones that her natural children would receive.

I am listed as POD on my father's savings acct. His will divides estate equally to 3 children. Is that money exempt from estate?

My father passed away last week. My brothers and I now have to probate his will. His savings CD lists me, his daughter, as POD. Does that money have